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Drive-In Cult Classics and Conan!
Anyone who know me knows my love of B-movies, especially exploitation/horror films from the 60’s and 70’s. I’m always picking up collections whenever I see them, but I have to say, Drive-In Cult Classics from BCI Entertainment is worth every penny of the $10 I spent on it. These eight movies were all released by Crown International between 1970 and 1980. The film prints are excellent and they’re widescreen.
Obviously, the Conan movies are not part of the set. I just happened to buy them the same day and they numerically round out the list.
Anyone interested in my odd taste in films can see my list of all the movies I own here.
Pick Up®
This delirious little ditty tells the story of two hippy girls who catch a ride from a hippy guy whose job it is to transport the humongous RV he’s driving to another state. Instead, they get stuck in a swamp. Easy Rider and The Trip were obvious influences here. There’s a clown, a creepy politician and a sex-crazed priest, not to mention the rednecks.
The Teacher®
Here’s a twisted re-telling of the graduate – only the teacher is being stalked by a homicidal maniac. The student is played by Jay North, better known as TV’s Dennis the Menace. Cameos by John Cassavetes’ and Gena Rowlands’ mothers!
Best Friends®
Two high school buddies get out of the army and take a cross-country trip with their girlfriends, only one of them has PTSD. Stars Richard Hatch from the original and new Battlestar Gallactica and Susanne Benton, who played the girl Don Johnson followed underground in A Boy and His Dog.
Trip with the Teacher®
Zalman King of Red Shoe Diaries fame, plays a psychotic biker who, along with his brother, takes a stranded group of high school girls and their teacher hostage. The results should make any 70’s exploitation fan happy.
The Sister-in-Law®
John Savage from The Deer Hunter returns home after a long hitchhiking trip around the US. Unfortunately, his brother has become entangled with the mob while he’s been away, and that can only lead to disaster.
The Stepmother®
A neurotic architect obsesses about his wife’s indiscretions. Then his son comes home for a few days…
Cindy and Donna (Not Rated)
Perhaps the sleaziest coming-of-age film ever made! Cindy is curious about sex, but her older sister, Donna, is always having it. Lots of nudity, booze, drugs, some lesbianism, and even incest! John Hughes got nothin’ on this!
Malibu High®
Kim is flunking out of high school, so she becomes a prostitute, and then a professional assassin. Really, this is the premise.
Conan the Barbarian®
I find the early Arnold Schwartzenegger movies to be completely hilarious. Commando, for instance, shares more in common with Blake Edwards than The Dirty Dozen. So I couldn’t resist picking up this collection of both Conan movies for $7.99. What can I say? James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, William Smith and a screenplay by Oliver Stone. It ranks right up there with Clash of the Titans.
Conan the Destroyer (PG)
I think I liked this sequel a little better than the original. Grace Jones plays an ass-kicking warrior; Tracey Walter, who played Miller in Repo Man is Malak, Conan’s traveling companion; Olivia d’Abo makes her screen debut as Princess Jehnna. Some cool rubber-mask monsters, too. Arnold should make the third installment, perhaps called Conan the King, after he leaves office.
